Tokyo. 1989. The economy is booming, the music scene is innovating, and the UK-Japan McKilmey Consultancy international work party is attended by a grand total of 2 people. Isao Kumakawa, a Japanese salary man in his thirties troubled over his waning love for his pregnant wife, and Henry Curtis; an up-and-coming British consultant on a business trip bridled with an addiction to self-harm that’s putting his life at risk. After a shocking incident traps the two of them in the Karaoke room, indefinitely, with an infinite supply of alcohol, disagreements emerge, secrets slip and a friendship blooms to the popping tunes of a changing Tokyo.

I Can't Stop The Loneliness is a show written by RADA MA Playwriting student Horatio Holloway, featuring talent from RADA to Cambridge and Durham, and from the UK to Japan! It is a black comedy, with intense dramatic elements and sharp comedic wit. Holloway, who won the Durham University Best Writing award in 2025 following its initial run, now brings the show to London with a updated script and cast!